Nether garment



June 2, 1925.

J. J. MCLQUGHLIN NETHER GARMENT Filed Nov. 24, 1924 Patented June 2, 1925.

JOHN J. =McLoUGHL1N,

` or i PHILADELPIA, rENNsYLv'ANIAL i NETHER GARMENT;

Application filied'bvoveniber 24,1924.- Serial No. 751,950.

To all' ui/10m t 'may concer/11...'

Be it known that I, JoiiNy J. MGLOUGH- LIN, a ycitizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, vin thecounty of Philadelphia and VState of Pennsylvania,.have 1nveiited certain new and Auseful .Improvements Vin Nether Garments, of which the following is a specification. j g

The present invention appertains to iniprovements iii bifurcate netlie-r garments, and inparticulaiQto that type ot apparel known as blooiiiers.

Bloomers are usually constructed witlia closed crotch and'generally embody an elastic waist band which latter is subjected to considerable stretchingiii wear when the blooiiiers are raised and lowered over the hips iii use. This necessitates frequent renewal of the waist elastic. It has therefore been my object to provide 'an open type of blooiiier which, jhowever, is especially designed. to avoid many of the disadvantages found `in known garmentsof this class, particularly ithosewhich are madeof delicate fabrics aiid which are more or less form tting. A Y n In the conventional open garnie-nt of this type it is customary `for-the n'iaterial at the sidcswof theA crotch .opening to be provided wi'tli a seamy which precludes these edges from yielding or stretching when the garment is opened. This prevents the edges from passing readily over the buttocks or a full and Vfree openingof the garment, especially `where the elastic leg bands are employed and preventtlie leg portions from sliding' up the legs. Furthermore where the goods or material from which the garment is made is a delicate fabric the tendency is to tear or break the seamr or. it frequently happens also that these edges roll up and not having weight enough to cause the crotch section to hang away from the body in the crotch region the garment is subject to quick soil.

Under these conditions my aiui has been to provide a sanitary construction of garment which in the first place is simple in design and has a. crotch section for each leg which extends from the top in the front to the top at the. back and down the inside of the leg in a. double ply, the connecting seams of which are spaced from the edge of the garment opening at the crotch.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth and the novel features appended claims.

`Figure l v.is a front elevation ot a. gartliereof defined `by.V the ment constructed in accordance with my in- `opposite side sections.

Likerreference numerals designate corresponding. parts-throughout theseveial fig- .ures of the drawing.

The garment which forms the subject matter of this application is composed of twf'riiiaiii parts A 'and B, each` of which is `iduiiitical in construction and' formso that it is only necessary to connect the two parts as hereinafter described to produce the completed blooiiier garment.

More specifically,

and .4 respectively, these being identical,

each of these parts consistsof a side section 1,-shown inFigures 3 and a crotch section 2, shown in Figure?.

The `side sections make up the sides of the body `and the major portionv of the legs,y

while the` two crotch sections forni the internie'diate part of the body at front and rear and the inner parts of the ilegs,.folv lowing .in the main the design. of closed blooi'ner garment Awhich is disclosed iii 'my Patent No. 1,504,361 dated August l2, 1924], for improvements in pantalets and 4similar garments. y

The important feature of this blooiiier resides in the construction and-arrangement ofthe crotch section of each leg which in the appliedncondition consists ofa double ply .piece of material formed by cutting of the fabric from a flat piece in across shape or from a tubularor folded strip iii substantially T-shape. Ifcut from tli'e flat, the pieceis foldedover as shown in Figure r2 so that the arms 3, 3 coincide. The two edges x areV then stitched to the side ai of the side piece l and the two edges je/ to the opposite side y of said side piece. This leaves a closed edge e which extends from the top at the front to the top at the back and provides a reinforced section of sutcient weight to hang down straight and full and wh'enconnected with the other corresponding leg or side will lie smoothly across theabdomen in such position as to close the garment naturally when in use. The arms 3, 3 of this crotchpiece extend down the inside of the leg completely to the bottoni,

and this is Van important 'feature because all strainsare transmitted the full lengthtroin the top of the garment to the botton'ifancly likewise the two edges y are cut at` theV same time and the end of the arm thus formed is opened or left closed depending upon the width of the goods and the length dimension of the leg of the garment.

I iind `it ot considerable `advantage in cutting out the crotch pieces tromk'nitted goods or the like to lay the pattern upon such goods so that the wales' or the warp threads extend longitudinally from top to bottom. This gives the maximum elasticity in a-lateral direction ot the goods employed inthe crotch pieces. L

lli/lien the parts A and B are assembled the contiguous edges ot the crotch pieces are lapped about one halt wayV at thektop .in front and preferably the full width at .the back. y

As a finish an p cuft is applied -to the bottom of each leg as indicated at t.

VlVhile I have described my invention applicable to -a blooinor type ot garment, it is not to be restricted thereto, asit may with eqn-al 'advantage apply toY garments of the union type.

Having thus described `Amy `invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: Y' f l. A biturcate nether garment of the open type composed ot' two corresponding units connected at the waist line to torni the com` pleted garment, each unit 'consisting of a side piece forming theside of the bodyand the major portion of the corresponding leg, and a crotch piece doubled upon itself and having its closed side constituting the edge elastic carrying baudk or spending leg, and a crotch piece cut vsubstantially in the form loit a cross and folded upon itself and having its edges connected to the opposite A'sides of the side piece with the fold line extending from' the'top lat the front to the top at the back whereby to form a seamlessredge foritlie crotch opening. ,V

A biturcate garment of vthe open bloomer type consisting of two'corresponding units connected togetherat the waist only to :forni` a separable crotch, each-unit comprising a substantially oval shaped piece forming Vtheside ofthe body and the majorportionot' the corresponding leg, and

. a substantially T-shaped crotch lpiece ltwo sides of which are cut on curved lines andV the iespective curved linesides being connected to the opposite sides of the side piece whereby the crotchpiece extends from the top at the front to -the top at the back and down the 'leg and constitutesa completing `partof the front and `back of the body and inside ot the leg.` y

`The method of constructing a bifurcate nether garment yoi the open bloomer type which consists in cutting two identical sidepieces of substantially oval configuration, then cutting from ay foldedipiece of material a crotch piece for each side of substantially fT-shapo, attaching the respective cut edges to the opposite side edges' of the side piece todispose the fold at the center of the,crOtclnlapping the two crotch pieces atthe top in front and back, and {ina-Hy securingy the overlaps at the waist ine.

Inv testimony whereof I aflix "my signa.-

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i JOHN J. MCLQUGHLIN. 

